Route: Lanthwaite Hill and Crummock Water
Area: North Western Lake District
Date of walk: 19th April 2014
Walkers: Andrew
Distance: 3.0 miles
Weather: perfect
For the second day running it was sun and blue skies so I made an early start and parked at the National Trust car park at Scale Hill
This is a walk we’ve done many times and never tire of, there’s so much scenery packed into a small area. I made the easy climb up to the top of Lanthwaite Hill, shown as Brackenthwaite Hows on the OS map, from where there are tremendous views over Lorton Vale, Crummock Water, and plenty of fells
I then walked through the woods down the the shore of Crummock Water. There wasn’t a breath of wind and the lake looked stunning. I returned to the car park along a narrow path which follows the banks of the River Cocker. It was a wonderful short walk
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From the car park, looking across the River Cocker to Mellbreak
The path leads up through Lanthwaite Wood
The rocky staircase near the top
Lanthwaite Wood
Lorton Vale from Lanthwaite Hill
The Loweswater Pheasant (Holme Wood) - can you see it?
Low Fell
Bonnie on Lanthwaite Hill, with Mellbreak in the background
Crummock Water
The High Stile Range and Mellbreak from Lanthwaite Hill
Whiteside, where I’d been on yesterday’s walk
The boathouse on the east shore of Crummock Water
Mellbreak
Bonnie goes swimming
‘The Shake’
The path along the shore of Crummock Water
Bonnie at the foot of the lake
The weir at the foot of Crummock Water
Bridge over the start of the River Cocker
I walk along the west shore for a short distance in order to retrieve the retriever
Walking back to the start along the bank of the River Cocker
Mellbreak
The river monitoring station back at the start - note the flood level in 2009
